Twilight of the Arnor enters final gamma testing!

Twilight of the Arnor enters final gamma testing!

The long wait is nearly over...

Stardock is pleased to announce that Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor has gone into final gamma testing. The expansion pack to the critically acclaimed space strategy game, Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, completes the Dread Lord saga with the return of the powerful Precursor civilization, the Arnor.

Arguably the most comprehensive expansion pack in strategy game history, Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor has more new features and content than Galactic Civilizations II had over the original.

A labor of love, Twilight of the Arnor is nearly complete. This week, we are putting it through final gamma testing as lots of content and goodies that were held back during the public beta are integrated in, tested, polished, etc.

Amongst the new features includes unique technology trees for each of the 12 major civilizations. This also means unique weapons, ships, planetary improvements, and much more for each civilization. This has allowed us to greatly expand the story of each civilization. Moreover, a new victory condition has been added called Ascension in which players can take control of the Ascension crystals (introduced in the campaign) for victory. The graphics of Twilight of the Arnor have been completely revamped to bring the game's visuals to 2008 standards. Check out the screenshot below to get an idea.

We have set the launch date to be April 30th (late afternoon Eastern Standard Time) for the digital release. Twilight of the Arnor does require the first expansion pack (Dark Avatar) to run. A bundle of the entire saga is available at a discount. The final expansion pack to the most highly rated space-strategy game of all time is nearly here...

Ya I am hoping this time the CD release is actually earlier than the Digital release. Good choice on setting the game back. It should make things better for everyone. Trust me people you will love this expansion.

Can I purchase TA with tokens? I have some left on Stardock Central but when I went to purchase it, there was no token price. Is there some other method I should be following? Thanks, looking forward to getting TA.

The point of gamma testing is that everything is in place and just testing the features already in place. So it's probably the Immense galaxy that's being tested again and again to see if it works with every setting there is. I'd love to be wrong however